Friday, October 2, 2009

Tuesday was our 8th wedding anniversary, and it's got me spinning a bit this week about the love of my life...the mister, the cute hubs, papa to the big-headed-baby. In fact, come to think of it, he is the reason that baby has a big head. No paternity question here.

I've heard and read that the first year of the baby is often the hardest year of a marriage. And while I'm absolutely on board with that statement in as much as the first year of the baby is likely one of the hardest year of a life therefore by definition impacting marriage, I'd also suggest that it's a simplistic and flat point of view. So far this has been the most interesting, okay hard, let's go with topsy-turvey year of our marriage but in the most explosively beautiful way. It's the emotional equivalent of going from the crayola box of 8 colors to the ginourmous box of say 120. Seriously, it's that good. And there's a sharpener in the back.

I've never experienced this aquamarine shade of sweet. Or this brick red shade of anger. Or this much raw umber all over everything! But it really does require the help of the metallic crayons and an unwieldy number of those wax sticks o' goodness to find all of the subtle ways that I newly love the man. The way he shows up. The way he sits on the glider footrest and rocks the boy and me while we attempt first round of babysleep. The way he makes a killer bowl of oatmeal. The way he got us through the constant weeping and freaky-deaky nature of my bout with PPD with grace and gentle suggestions of homeopathic cures. He's a gem this guy, I am a fawking lucky person.

So in recovering from the madness of last Sunday night we stumbled into the day that marked eight years since we hitched n' stuff and it passed with not much fanfare. Hubs worked, I posted a "hey we're an old couple check us out' status update on Facebook and you know, that was more or less it. However (comma) we are going on a DATE on Sunday night. (Gasp!) That's right, a date. It's all thanks to my dear friend who gave me a coupon for two nights of babysitting at our baby shower. While I always thought that was pretty cool, I had no idea the true value until BHB showed up and I realized that going out together ever again was going to be virtually impossible since we are living a no-extended-family-in-town life.

And as y'all know, I've hired a babysitter in recent weeks and the value of the gift is even more apparent. That sitter thang is a luxury item! After dinner, popcorn and such, a date is pretty much the equivalent of a mortgage payment. But more than that, how can I trust anyone else sit and listen to the monitor with rapt attention in the dark of night? But since 8 years of marriage is certainly cause for celebration I guess it's all about that coupon, my adorable friend and a leap of faith. Yes. We are going people, going out, to dinner and a movie. And I know I'm supposed to like read the Variety daily since I'm a big ol film geek and totally know what movie to see, but well... you know. Help a sister out. What should we go see?

Before I go, has anyone else noticed how yummy this night is? Here in LA it's pretty balmy and tree sway-ee and the moon is just soft and delish on everything it touches. If you're wondering...yes, we bravely went outside into our front yard and despite the excitement of the week, it felt totally fine to be there. What a difference a few days makes. And if you don't know what the heck I'm talking about, scroll it on down and check it on out. (I've already linked to the last post so in all fairness I just can't do it again...)

I'm leaving you with these two gorgeous images. One is of the wedding quilt that my dear, talented cousin made for us. This is the first anniversary we celebrate with it as it took her 7 years to make. You can see why due to it's magical magnificence and ridiculously amazing craftsmanship. It's like hanging out in a museum having this thing in my house.

And this is a glimpse of a recent sweet moment. You can see why I'm such a fan of my man. He's John Lennon to our Baby Yoko.

4 comments:

ok #1. i'm not sure what i love more- that fantastically beautiful quilt, or that adorable man cradling that sweet baby. You've got the good stuff in your life girl, no doubt about it! and #2: speaking of good stuff, i remember that sweet, lovely wedding. loved it- and maybe, on your 9th anniversary, i'll pony up those photos i took. (sheepish grin)

FADE IN:

How nice of you to stumble by! If you're wondering what you're in for, here's the pitch:

Aspiring feature-film director meets the man of her dreams, marries and spends several years directing corporate blah blah and commercials and other fun stuff but not a feature, still not a feature and all the while she is waiting to have baby until dreams are fulfilled but suddenly realizes that the ovaries won't wait so finally has said baby but still has big dreams.

Will she finally get to direct that feature while she's up to her ass in diapers? Or will she get taken down by crushing Momma guilt, PPD, and the need for free babysitters that mean a move out of LA?

Stick around and find out!

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Jane is gosh, who is Jane? A big-brained but not always smart smart-ass who loves her family and friends fiercely. I dream of making the next Star Wars or if not that at least the next Garden State.
The closest I've gotten to stardom is by directing the pilot episodes (as it were) of a pretty successful webseries called 'The Guild' www.watchtheguild.com. I'm looking forward to the massive success coming from my directing career (hello Secret) so that I can go out on the Motivational speaker circuit.
Oh and I started doing stand-up last year and g'damn that is fun. I should say I have a SUPER cute husband, and adorable and highly personable brown dog. April 2009 another cute creature joined our team. He is pretty high maintenance, but he seems pretty great.